5'6" Mini Simmons Eco Chamber DIY Kit

The shape is a 5' 6" Mini Simmons. It's a planing hull design with parallel rails, twin keel fins, and it literally flies through the water.

All Eco Chamber kits are made from vertical grain poplar and consist of multiple stringers.

The stringers are cut to exact specifications on our computer controlled CNC machine.

The board is built by gluing either wood or discarded surfboards that have been cut into strips between the stringers.

Once the foam or wood is glued between all the stringers you simply sand until you touch the edge of the stringers and you have the perfect shape.

All Eco Chamber kits are made from vertical grain poplar and consist of multiple stringers as shown above.

The stringers are cut to exact specifications on our computer controlled CNC machine.

The board is built by gluing either wood or discarded surfboards that have been cut into strips between the stringers.

Once the foam or wood is glued between all the stringers you simply sand until you touch the edge of the stringers and you have the perfect shape.

Like all our kits, the shape can be modified according to user preference.

Step One

Starting at the middle stringer you use wood or foam strips to build up the board one layer at a time.

The vertical dowels keep the stringers aligned.

The average width of the wood or foam between the stringers is 1 1/2".

Step Two

Layers are built up until all the right side stringers are glued in place.

Then you repeat the process on the left side and join the two sides.

This board is being built with balsa but an old surfboard cut into strips works great too.

Step Three

Shaping the blank is a snap since you simply plane and sand the board until you just reach the stringers.

Step Four

Then it's just a final sanding and you are ready to glass just like a regular surfboard or drop it off at your local glasser and open a beer.

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Lower 48 States (Not Including HI or AL)

Free shipping on all orders over $50 bones.

Hawaii & Alaska

We do not offer free shipping to HI & AL, shipments are send USPS priority mail.

Small Packages (leash, pads, wax) $15

Day Bags $45

Travel Bags $100

Wheeled Bags $150

Pick-up at Wharehouse in Oxnard, California

Come on by and pick up your order, you must place your order online 24 hrs before you pick it up.

International Orders

Boardbags cost about $50-$200 to send internationally.

Surfshop Wholesale Orders Domestic

Surf Shops are required to pay for shipping, please email us here to place a shop order.

Eco & Recycled Packaging

We use recycled packing when possible and reuse every vendor box that we are sent. Your box or look like a fourth-grade handy craft (but we always make sure it's well packaged and safe from harm).

We are always looking for ways to improve our carbon footprint and environmental impact.

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Size Chart

Surfboard Leashes

Buy a leash closest to your board size—i.e. for 6'4 surfboard you need a 6' leash.

All leashes are 7mm thick, competition leashes which are lighter/thinner 5.5 mm.

5'6 - 6 - 6 comp - 7 - 8 - 9 - 9 Calf - 10 - 10 Coil

calf (leash strap attaches to calf for larger boards)

coil (mostly for lake and open water boards)

Pioneer Day Boardbags - Fits One Surfboard

All boardbags have +2 inches. Thus a 6'6 board fit's perfectly in a 6'6 boardbag. All Pioneer bags have expandable fin gussets, so you can keep your fins on your board in the bag—or you can roll with glass-on fins.

Pioneer bags also have an exterior pocket and zip all the way to the nose.

Travel Bags - Fits Two Surfboards

All Global boardbags have +2 inches, so if you buy a 6'2 boardbag, the real length is 6'4—thus you have a bit of room to play.

Global Travel Bag Sizes:

Mini Simmons 6'2 - 6'7 - 7'6 | width 26"

Shortboard 6' - 6'7 - -7'0 - 7'6 | width 22"x

Longboard/Mal 8'6 - 9'6 | width 25"

Travel boardbags are 6'-8' inches deep to accommodate two boards—though you can travel with one in these bags without a problem—there are two interior pockets for leash, wax, and fins.

Travel boardbags have two padded boards separators and two pockets for your gear.

* Travel boardbags also have 13mm + 13mm of extra padding in the nose and tail.

Travel Bags with Wheels - Fits Two Surfboards

New in 2016 is the double travel bag with wheels. Sometimes you want a smaller bag with wheels, now you can have it. All Global boardbags have +2 inches, so if you buy a 6'2 boardbag, the real length is 6'4—thus you have a bit of room to play.

Global Travel Bag Sizes:

Mini Simmons 6'2 - 6'7 - 7'6 | width 26"

Shortboard 6' - 6'7 - -7'0 - 7'6 | width 22"x

Longboard/Mal 8'6 - 9'6 | width 25"

Travel boardbags are 6'-8' inches deep to accommodate two boards—though you can travel with one in these bags without a problem—there are two interior pockets for leash, wax, and fins.

Travel boardbags have two padded boards separators and two pockets for your gear.

* Travel boardbags also have 13mm + 13mm of extra padding in the nose and tail.

Boardbag Material & Hardware - All Bags

Side A of the bag is made from a strong density Rugged Eco Hemp exterior which is one tough fiber and naturally built to last with high impact padding protection with Rebound Foam Dynamics including open-to-nose technology.

Side B is the reflective (rental-car-roof-side) made from Reflective Energy Shield for "Cooler Surfboard Safeguard" protecting your surfboard from the sun's harmful rays made from an alloy-steel mesh weave.